Similar presentations of disparate etiologies: A new perspective on oppositional defiant disorder

    Authors

    C. McKinney;K. Renk

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Child Fam. Behav. Ther.

    Keywords

    Oppositional Defiant Disorder; children; adolescents; parenting; family; therapy; CALLOUS-UNEMOTIONAL TRAITS; CONDUCT PROBLEMS; DSM-IV; PSYCHOPATHY; CHILDREN; BEHAVIOR; Psychology, Clinical; Family Studies

    Abstract

    Oppositional defiant disorder is an individual diagnosis given commonly to children and adolescents who exhibit a pattern of noncompliant and defiant behaviors. Some children's temperament, behaviors, and interpersonal style merit this diagnosis. Other children, however, exhibit behaviors consistent with this diagnosis within the context of their family system. Certainly, the relationship between children's defiant behaviors and problematic circumstances in the family is best evidenced in the most popular treatments for oppositional defiant disorder, which involve working with parents as much as the children. In fact, some treatments of this disorder focus solely on educating the parent about consistency and immediacy in reinforcing positive behavior and ignoring or using time out for negative behavior. The purpose of this paper is to emphasize a different perspective of oppositional defiant disorder, one in which some children experience oppositional behaviors regardless of the parenting they receive and other children exhibit these same behaviors within an inconsistent family context.

    Journal Title

    Child & Family Behavior Therapy

    Volume

    28

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2006

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    37

    Last Page

    49

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000237992700003

    ISSN

    0731-7107

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